The Gay Place

Billy Lee Brammer

ISBN 10: 0292708319 / ISBN 13: 9780292708310

Edité par University of Texas Press, US, 1995

Set in Texas, The Gay Place consists of three interlocking novels, each with a different protagonist-a member of the state legislature, the state's junior senator, and the governor's press secretary. The governor himself, Arthur Fenstemaker, a master politician, infinitely canny and seductive, remains the dominant figure throughout.Billy Lee Brammer-who served on Lyndon Johnson's staff-gives us here "the excitement of a political carnival: the sideshows, the freaks, and the ghoulish comedy atmosphere" (Saturday Review).Originally published in 1961, The Gay Place is at once a cult classic and a major American novel. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9780292708310

Synopsis :

Set in Texas, The Gay Place consists of three interlocking novels, each with a different protagonist-a member of the state legislature, the state's junior senator, and the governor's press secretary. The governor himself, Arthur Fenstemaker, a master politician, infinitely canny and seductive, remains the dominant figure throughout.

Billy Lee Brammer-who served on Lyndon Johnson's staff-gives us here "the excitement of a political carnival: the sideshows, the freaks, and the ghoulish comedy atmosphere" (Saturday Review).

Originally published in 1961, The Gay Place is at once a cult classic and a major American novel.

À propos de l'auteur: Billy Lee Brammer (1929-1978) was a journalist and political staffer.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Gay Place
Éditeur : University of Texas Press, US
Date d'édition : 1995
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : New